It's been two months since the Early Access launch of Farlands and the whole team is thrilled with the reception it's had, so we'd like to thank you for your support right from the start!
But even though the launch went very well, we haven't stopped working since release, and to date we've released no less than 17 patches with fixes for dozens and dozens of bugs!
On top of those patches, the Farlands 0.2 update brings some new content, a celebratory discount for those of you who are hesitating whether or not to buy Farlands and these new features:
Starting with the Ark, map and neighbors tabs in the main menu:
In the neighbors tab you will be able to see a provisional list of all Farlands NPCs, in update 0.4, (the update that will include the social elements), this tab will be updated, but for now it will be enabled as a list of all the characters in the game.
In the map tab you will be able to see the entire SR755 system, its planets, where you are located and how many fuel cells the ship has left, to know its location even if you are far away from it.
And finally, in the Ark tab you will be able to see all the collections of items you have donated, to keep track of your progress. And later on, you will be able to see your achievements, although you will have to wait a bit longer for that.
Along with these tabs, the main menu starts to show some information about each game, to make it easier to differentiate them and see where they are in the game.
The crafting machine is now upgraded!
Scattered around the stores, you can now find upgrade chips for your crafting machine. If you buy them and place them in the machine, you will unlock new crafting recipes.
And obviously, with this new system, a new set of outdoor furniture is added, the mushroom furniture set, which is crafted using mainly Bohr's moon mushrooms.
Finally, a new fragment of the main story has been added to the adventure, you will be able to unlock it by playing normally, whether you make a new game, or continue with yours.
Steam cards, badges and stuff!
Along with these changes, although outside the game itself, from now on you will get Steam trading cards while playing Farlands. With those cards you will be able to earn badges and unlock backgrounds and icons to customize your Steam page.
The update 0.2, is the update that brings less content of all the Farlands roadmap, this was done on purpose to make room for those first weeks of fighting against bugs and important fixes.
However, I hope you can enjoy these small additions and stay tuned for the next update, 0.3, which will bring mountains of content that will extend the life of Farlands a lot.
Thank you very much for your support and see you in the next update!